# 2006–07 VfL Bochum season

The 2006–07 VfL Bochum season was the 69th season in club history.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics
#### Squad, appearances and goals scored

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | DEN | Peter Skov-Jensen | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Benjamin Lense | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | GER | Martin Meichelbeck | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | GER | Marcel Maltritz | 34 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | GER | Christoph Dabrowski | 34 | 3 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CAN | Daniel Imhof | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | DEN | Tommy Bechmann | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | POL | Tomasz Zdebel | 34 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Fábio Júnior Pereira | 18 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GER | Dariusz Wosz | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | BEL | Joris Van Hout | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | GER | René Renno | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević | 20 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | CZE | Pavel Drsek | 30 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BIH | Zvjezdan Misimović | 32 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | GER | Heiko Butscher | 22 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | GER | Oliver Schröder | 31 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | GER | Dennis Grote | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | GER | Benjamin Auer (until 31 December 2006) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CMR | Joël Epalle (since 1 January 2007) | 17 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CZE | Filip Trojan | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | GRE | Theofanis Gekas | 35 | 22 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | GER | Ersan Tekkan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | GER | Philipp Bönig | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | GER | Thomas Rathgeber (until 31 December 2006) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Antar Yahia (since 29 January 2007) | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | GER | Alexander Bade | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | GER | David Czyszczon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | GER | Lucas Oppermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | GER | Sebastian Hille | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | GER | Andreas Luthe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | GER | David Zajas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | TUR | Polat Keser (until 31 December 2006) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | SUI | David Pallas | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný (since 22 January 2007) | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GER | Benjamin Lense (from 1. FC Nürnberg) |
| 5 | MF | GER | Christoph Dabrowski (from Hannover 96) |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević (from Darmstadt 98) |
| 18 | MF | GER | Oliver Schröder (from Hertha BSC) |
| 20 | FW | GER | Benjamin Auer (from Mainz 05) |
| 22 | FW | GRE | Theofanis Gekas (on loan from Panathinaikos) |
| 26 | GK | GER | Alexander Bade (from 1. FC Köln) |
| 31 | GK | GER | Andreas Luthe (from VfL Bochum II) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NED | Rein van Duijnhoven (retired) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | China (loan return to Flamengo) |
| 5 | DF | DEN | Søren Colding (retired) |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Edu (to Mainz 05) |
| 26 | MF | GER | Claus Costa (to Fortuna Düsseldorf) |
| 27 | FW | GER | Alexander Thamm (to Preußen Münster) |
| 28 | DF | GER | Thorsten Barg (to Karlsruher SC II) |
| 29 | FW | TUR | Haluk Türkeri (to Karlsruher SC II) |
| 31 | GK | GER | Christian Vander (to Werder Bremen) |

#### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | CMR | Joël Epalle (from Iraklis) |
| 25 | DF | ALG | Antar Yahia (on loan from Nice) |
| 45 | GK | CZE | Jaroslav Drobný (on loan from Ipswich Town) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | GER | Benjamin Auer (on loan to 1. FC Kaiserslautern) |
| 25 | FW | GER | Thomas Rathgeber (to SpVgg Unterhaching) |
| 33 | GK | TUR | Polat Keser (to Antalyaspor) |

## VfL Bochum II

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Oberliga Westfalen | Oberliga Westfalen |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | DF | GER | David Czyszczon | 34 | 3 | 34 | 3 |
| | DF | GER | Patrick Fabian | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Dennis Grote | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | FW | TUR | Dilaver Güçlü | 24 | 7 | 24 | 7 |
| | FW | TUR | Faruk Gül | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Sebastian Herrmann | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Sebastian Hille | 33 | 18 | 33 | 18 |
| | MF | CRO | Ivo Iličević | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| | FW | LUX | Aurélien Joachim (until 30 January 2007) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | TUR | Polat Keser (until 31 December 2006) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Dennis Kirchen | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Daniel Klinger | 24 | 1 | 24 | 1 |
| | DF | GER | Dennis Klöckner | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| | DF | GER | Hendrik Könemann | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| | FW | GER | Stefan Kratofiel | 21 | 9 | 21 | 9 |
| | GK | GER | Andreas Luthe | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Martin Lyttek | 30 | 2 | 30 | 2 |
| | DF | GER | Marc-Andre Nimptsch | 30 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
| | FW | GER | Marko Onucka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Lucas Oppermann | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 |
| | MF | SUI | David Pallas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Thomas Rathgeber | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| | MF | GER | Christian Schlösser | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| | GK | GER | Niclas Schmidt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | GER | Ersan Tekkan | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| | MF | GER | Deran Toksöz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | TUR | Suri Ucar | 26 | 5 | 26 | 5 |
| | MF | GER | Dennis Yilmaz | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| | MF | GER | David Zajas | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| | FW | GER | Patrick Ziegler | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
* Source:

## Sources

* ↑ "1. FSV Mainz 05 – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Energie Cottbus 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Nürnberg – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Arminia Bielefeld 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Alemannia Aachen – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 0:6" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – VfL Wolfsburg 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hannover 96 – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 3:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 4:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FSV Mainz 05 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Energie Cottbus – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Nürnberg 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Bochum 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Alemannia Aachen 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 3:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Wolfsburg – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hannover 96 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayer 04 Leverkusen – VfL Bochum 1:4" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 1:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 0:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 0:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 2:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 0:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC 08 Homburg – VfL Bochum 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Karlsruher SC 3:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 1:4" (in German). kicker.